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How the smartest founders are winning in AI

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How the smartest founders are winning in AI (see video below)

Jason Lemkin’s AI clone is now better than him at giving business advice. Trained on 20 million words of his own writing, it actually outperforms him in consistency, memory, and insight. It’s not just automation but full-on replacement in some cases.

1️⃣ People open up to AI more than humans Founders confessed stuff to the AI - like doubts about cofounders or runway fears - that they wouldn’t say out loud to real people (no judgment) That says a lot about where coaching, therapy, and management might go.

2️⃣ B2B software interfaces is going to be replaced ChatGPT-style interfaces soon - just ask your AI to do it.

3️⃣ Zero-to-$1M is now easy (relatively). AI lets you build insanely fast. But staying ahead is way harder. Everyone’s got that same power now.

4️⃣ AI is already replacing entire roles. He mentioned that the team shrunk to 5 people and still does $25M in revenue. Ghostwriters, designers, sales screeners - they’re using AI for all of it. "There will be no BDRs in a year".

5️⃣ Retaining AI talent is a nightmare. Even OpenAI has just 60% retention. If they can’t keep people, imagine what that means for regular companies. It's like the gold rush for 🧠

6️⃣ Gen Z doesn’t want "jobs." One kid is skipping college entirely. Another wants to do grad school just to avoid the job market. It's a real cultural shift; kids are optimizing for freedom, not titles.

7️⃣ Content without AI is over. Tools like Higgsfield.ai are making movie-like videos from a single image. Designers who used to need weeks now replaced by 10-second prompts.

8️⃣ VCs are now betting on $100B‼️ outcomes. They’re swinging for the next OpenAI-sized win.

9️⃣ No one knows where the big AI winners will come from. It’s a fog-of-war moment. Just like early mobile or crypto - huge shift, total uncertainty. But everyone feels the money is there. You just don’t know where to place your chips.

AI is becoming the default teammate, advisor.

How the smartest founders are winning in AI

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